Monthly Archives: December 2006

Kerry Derangement Syndrome

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Glenn Berry

Here is a good post on Crooks and Liars about that picture of John Kerry, eating alone, supposedly at a mess hall in Iraq that was making the rounds of the right-wing blogs over the past several days. It turns … Continue reading →

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Red Scare Theater

Posted on December 26, 2006 by Glenn Berry

I’m watching the 1952 "classic" film Invasion U.S.A. in all of it’s Cold War glory. It is really quite a piece of atomic age schlock, with very liberal use of combat footage from both World War Two and Korea, along … Continue reading →

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Intel Updates Core2 Roadmap

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Glenn Berry

DailyTech has a good article about the upcoming mainstream quad-core Core2 and expanded dual-core Core2 product lineup from Intel. It’s amazing how well Intel has been able to bounce back from the disaster of the NetBurst Pentium 4 CPU, which … Continue reading →

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Five Things Most People Don’t Know About Me

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Glenn Berry

Since I got tagged, I need to do this to avoid some bad karma. I am totally in lust with Jessica Alba. I used to think that listening to Boston at high volume, while drinking Lowenbrau would make me even … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Santa from a Concerned Wiener Dog

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Glenn Berry

Dear Santa, I have been a very good little wiener dog this past year. I have played nice with my sister Roxy, and I have not had very many accidents in the house. I have chased a lot of rabbits, … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2005 SP2 December CTP Available

Posted on December 19, 2006 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has made the December CTP of SQL Server 2005 SP2 available for download from this link. I am especially interested in this nugget: Plan cache improvements that provide improved system performance, better use of the available physical memory for database … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Available

Posted on December 15, 2006 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft released Visual Studio 2005 SP1 today. The release notes are here. The English download for Team Suite and below is 431MB.

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T-34/76 Model 1943 Recovered in Estonia in 2000

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Glenn Berry

John sent me these photos of a T-34/76 Model 1943 that was recovered from the bottom of a lake in Estonia back in 2000. It is pretty amazing it was in such good condition after being underwater for 55 years. … Continue reading →

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The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Glenn Berry

Best Buy is selling the DVD shown below with five "B" science fiction movies from the mid-to-late 1950’s. People on Amazon have quite a few reviews of the collection. I bought it a few weeks ago, and I have just … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.0 Released

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Glenn Berry

A post on the Microsoft Robotics Studio blog announced that the RTM version of the Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.0 has been released. It is free for non-commercial use. Maybe now I can start building a Cylon robot with my Lego … Continue reading →

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